The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1887-04-06
HOW TO NURSE A BOON.
How Wichita, Kansas, Grew to be a
City.

the Carthage Patriot. If it has no
lessons for the people OF Warrens-
burg we are mistaken. They should
read, marx, learn and inwardly di-
gest it, and if 1t does not aid in sus-
tanning the present boom, it will, at
all events, bring forth another one
which will not leave us until our
city has reached population of 49,
600 to 10000. Labor conquers all
things, and without labor nothing
can be done. A large city cannot
be built in day: seldom, until late
ly has It been done IN a lifetime; but
recent history shows its possibility
IN a quarter of century, ard we
hope to yet chronicle 1t Of Warrens-
burg. The article is as follows:
We have an old friend at Wichita,
who went there some years ago, and
has, like most thrifty people there,
got rich enough to retire. We re-
quested him, while there on a visit
some time since, to give US short
chapter of causes and reasons for
the phenomenal growth, and pros
perity of Wichita.
swell, WE'LL" said our friend,
SIT is simple problem. Ten years
ago.. when I came here, Wichita
was not much. -ot a town. but we
had some active, go-ahead men.
We organised. We held almost
nightly meetings, and among the
first things we agreed upon was to
hang together, and stay by each
other through thick and thin.
| We had but one purpose-ts
benefit the place, knowing that il
the place fourished, we should al
do well.
We advertised by hundreds o
thousands of circulars. We sc
forth all our advantages IN such I
manner that strangers who were les
by our circulars to give US calls wer'
/. not deceived, but on the contrary
agreed we had not put IN as stron,
as we might.
We thus got the confidence o
: visitors, who wrote back east t
, friends-published glowing CORE
spondence in their own local paper.
and carried back with them wonder
full tales OF this delightful southwe.
country.
Every town IN the east OF notorie
2 ty was served with not only on
$ circulars but our newspapers.
And the newspaper advert,sin
r did double duty. Our people mad
1t rule to advertise in our local pa
pers, and to ask all their friends
advertise.
We then subscribed for larl
- numbers of copies, loaded with loo
n, advertising, and full accounts
our future prospects ard great a
vantages, and we fosnd by conver
- ing with parties who finally Car
here prospecting, that the full a
? vertising columns OF our pap.
y, which they had seen, did more tn
er all else to impress them with t
growth aud importance of the plat
We found that we could ,
overdo this thing-that the more
paid out tor these purposes,
~ more were our profits. Every ne
ID, conner was a customer to most
our stores. and while their adver
ing paid to them rich returns.
served the double purpose to
ais press the eastern man, who had
the eye to ''business," with the fact
ale Wichita was in fact rising tov
- and thus We have gone on, until
have an added population sine
n came here OF over 10000, and pr
~ erty has increased in business pla
more than 1000 told and in
country round about us, the app
'A citation has been over 400 per G.
= -Warrensburg Journal Denoc
and Ex Gov. Routt of Colorado
'hY SIN eve on seat in the senate.